A01 DSM 5 categories ofphobias
SpecificPhobias phobia of an object or a situation
Socialanxietyphobiaof a socialsituation
Agoraphobia phobiaofbeingoutside in a publicplace
Behaviouralcharacteristics
Panic cryingscreaming runningaway
Avoidance a lot ofeffortto preventcominginto contactwithphobicstimulus
Endurance chooses toremain in the presence of a phobicstimulus
Emotional characteristics
Anxiety unpleasantstateofhigharousal
Fear moreintenseshorterperiodsthananxiety
unreasonableresponse strongemotionalresponseto a smallstimulus
Cognitive characteristicsofphobias
selectiveattention Eg arachnophobia
maywanttokeepaneyeonthespider
irrationalbeliefs Eg Imustsoundintelligent
cognitivedistortions perceptionsmaybe inaccurate unrealistic
A01 Thebehaviouralapproach tophobias
Thetwoprocessmodel
Acquisitionbyclassical conditioning Maintenancebyoperantconditioning
involveslearningtoassociatesomething theconditionedstimulesevokesfea
ofwhichweorginallyhaveno fearwith andavoidanceofthefearedobject
somethingthattriggersa fearresponse orsituationlessensthefear feels
LittleAlbert white rat morerewarding
9montholdbabywasconditionedto thisnegativereinforcementstrengthen
bescared of it generalisedto theavoidancebehaviourandthephobiai
similarobjects Egwhiterabbit coat
fur maintained
leadstoirrationalbeliefs